Table 3 Risk factors for NICU admission following CS delivery
| Â | NICU admission n (%) | Â | Adjusted effect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | P value | AOR | 95% C.I | ||
Age (years) | ||||||
 < 21 | 36 (60) | 23 (40) | 0.287 |  |  |  |
 21 to 35 | 1339 (69) | 589 (31) |  | – |  |  |
 > 35 | 420 (69) | 188 (31) |  |  |  |  |
Parity | ||||||
 1 | 391 (61) | 254 (39) | 0.000 | Ref |  |  |
 2 | 865 (74) | 305 (26) |  | 1.23 | 0.86 | 1.74 |
 ≥ 3 | 539 (69) | 241 (31) |  | 1.46 | 1.03 | 2.07 |
IVF | ||||||
 No | 1693 (72) | 667 (28) | 0.000 | – |  |  |
 Yes | 102 (43) | 133 (57) |  |  |  |  |
Preeclampsia | ||||||
 No | 1770 (70) | 771 (30) | 0.000 | – |  |  |
 Yes | 25 (46) | 29 (54) |  |  |  |  |
Gestational DM | ||||||
 No | 1758 (70) | 768 (30) | 0.004 | Ref |  |  |
 Yes | 37 (54) | 32 (46) |  | 1.92 | 1.05 | 3.53 |
Previous CS | ||||||
 No | 634 (60) | 441 (40) | 0.000 | Ref |  |  |
 Yes | 1161 (76) | 358 (24) |  | 0.70 | 0.49 | 0.99 |
Employed | ||||||
 No | 596 (74) | 206 (26) | 0.000 | Ref |  |  |
 Yes | 1199 (67) | 594 (33) |  | 1.84 | 1.44 | 2.34 |
Induction trial | ||||||
 No | 1617 (70) | 720 (30) | 0.472 | Ref |  |  |
 Yes | 178 (69) | 80 (31) |  | 0.62 | 0.41 | 0.93 |
PROM | ||||||
 No | 1689 (74) | 613 (26) | 0.000 | Ref |  |  |
 Yes | 106 (36) | 187 (64) |  | 5.0 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
Elective | ||||||
 No | 595 (57) | 443 (43) | 0.000 | – |  |  |
 Yes | 1200 (77) | 357 (23) |  |  |  |  |
G age (weeks) | ||||||
 < 35 | 11 (4) | 249 (96) | 0.000 | 43.78 | 21.21 | 90.37 |
 35 to 36 | 267 (56) | 205 (44) |  | 2.34 | 1.79 | 3.07 |
 ≥ 37 | 1517 (81) | 346 (19) |  | Ref |  |  |
Birth weight | ||||||
 ≤ 1500 | 5 (5) | 90 (95) | 0.000 | 42.01 | 19.08 | 88.44 |
 1501–2500 | 211 (43) | 285 (57) |  | 5 | 4.1 | 6.2 |
 > 2500 | 1579 (79) | 425 (21) |  | Ref |  |  |
Gender | ||||||
 F | 859 (69) | 377 (31) | 0.383 | – |  |  |
 M | 936 (69) | 423 (31) |  |  |  |  |
Multiples | ||||||
 Singleton | 1661 (73) | 605 (27) | 0.000 | Ref |  |  |
 Twins | 133 (51) | 128 (49) |  | 0.58 | 0.35 | 0.96 |
 Triplets | 1 (2) | 56 (98) |  | 9.58 | 1.12 | 82.21 |
 Quadruplets | 0 (0) | 11 (100) |  |  |  |  |
5-min APGAR | ||||||
 < 7 | 7 (11) | 59 (89) | 0.000 | 10.01 | 4.07 | 24.60 |
 ≥ 7 | 1784 (71) | 741 (29) |  | Ref |  |  |